Plow-frame.



W. G. DANIELSEN.

PLOW FRAME.

APPLICATION IILED DEG. 22, 1910.

Patented N0v.7, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

lnventor Attorneys Witnesses W. G. DANIELSEN. PLOW FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22. 1910.

1,008,020, Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

lllll Attorneys WILHELIM G. DANIELSEN, 0F INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI.

PLOW-FRAlvIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Application filed December 22, 1910. Serial No. 598,832.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, 1'V1L11ELM G. DANIEL- snN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Independence, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Plow-Frame, of which the fol---lowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to frames for plows of the gang typeespecially adapted to be used in connection with traction engines aspropelling means and it consists in the novel construction andarrangement of parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a supporting frame for the plowbeams, which frame is of novel and substantial structure, and especiallydesigned to withstand the strain to which it is subjected when the plowis in operation. I

In the accompanying drawings :'Figure 1 is a top plan view of the plowframe and plow. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the plow. Fig. 4.- is a side elevation of the rearportion of one of the plow standards and the rear portion of an armwhich is mounted upon the plow frame showing the manner in which thesaid arm and standard is connected. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of alever mechanism used upon the plow.

The plow frame consists of forward cross beams 1 which are spaced fromeach other and are in parallel relation and a land side beam 2 which issecured at its forward end between theends of the spaced-cross beams 1and which lies at a right -angle to the said cross beams. their forwardends between the cross beams 1 and lie parellel with the land side beam2. The beams 3'increase gradually in length from the furrow side of theframe of the plow toward the land side thereof. A frame bar 3 isinterposed between the end of each x beam 2') and the side of the nextadjacent beam and are of special design as will be hereinafterexplained. A boltdpasses trans-. verscly through the rear end portion ofeach of the beams 3 and the intermediate portion of the next adjacentbeam 3 and serves as means for holding the rear end portions of the saidbeams 3 in proper relation to each other and forclamping the bar 3 inplace. A. beam 5 is obliquely positioned above the rear end portions ofthe beams 3 and is secured to each of the said beams and serves as ameans for bracing the same in proper relation to each other. The frameof which 138211115 3 are SGCUl'fid It i the beams hereinbefore describedform com ponent parts constitutes .the supportingv structure for theplow beams to be explained hereinafter and the said beams are preferablymade from channel iron. The intermediate portions of the beams 3 areheld apart by spacing bars 6 as few or as many of which may be employedwithin the frame structure may be deemed necessary. A platform 7is-located in front of the cross beams 1- and is supported upon theuppermost of the said beams.

Bearings 8 are located upon the intermediate portions of the beams 3 andshafts 9 are journaled in the said bearings. Spaced arms 10 are fixed tothe intermediate portions of the shafts 9 and the forward ends of theplow beams 11 are pivotally connected with the said'spaced arms 10. Theplow beams 11 are made up of binary members 12 which are bolted orotherwise connected together in any desired manner. Standards 13 arecarried at the rear ends of the plow beams 11 and furrow openers 11. (ofany desired pattern) are attached to the lower ends of the standards 13.The standards 13 are provided at their rear edges with perforated lugs13. Each shaft 8) is also provided with an upstanding arm 15, the arm'15 being located between the pair of arms 10 attached to the same shaft9. is journaled in bearings 17 which are mounted upon the frame crossbeams 1 and each of the arms 15 is operatively connected with a lever 25supported upon the shaft 16 as will now be described. At theintermediate portion of the shaft 16 a relatively long lever 18 is fixedto the said shaft and is provided .with a spring pawl 19 adapted to'vided for the shaft 16. At a point between its power end and its fulcrumthe lever 18 is operatively connected with the, arm 15 of theintermediate shaft 9 of theseries of the said shafts by means of a rod21; the said rod 21 being provided with a turn buckle 22 of usualpattern whereby the said rod may be lengthened or shortened as desired.-Arms 23 are fixed to the end portions of the shaft 16 and each arm 23is provided at its upper end with a gear segment 24. A lever 25 isfulcrumed to each of the arms 23 and each lever is provided with aspring pawl 26 adapted to engage the teeth of the adjacent gear segment24. In a manner similar to the connection between the gs lTpro- A shaft16 i vices 6.

lever 18 and arm of one of the shafts 9, each of the levers isoperatively connected by means of a rod2l with one of the arms 15 of oneof the shafts 9 so that the lever 18 which is fixed to the shaft ltl isconnected with one of the shafts 9 and each of the levers 25- whioh isfulerumed to an arm fixed to the shaft" 16 is connected to one of thearms 15 of one of the shafts 9 whereby each upward direction as will befully explained hereinafter. The frame bars 3 are provided with arms 28which extend downwardly and are rearwardly curved at their lowerportions as illustrated inFig. t of the drawings. Links 29 are pivotallyconnected at one end with the lower end portions of the arms28 andat't-heir otherends with the perforated lugs 13 of the plow standards13.

As will be hereinafter explained, the plat-' form 7 is over a couplingdevice with which the plow frame is connected with the frame of atraction engine and the relatively long lever 18 is located adjacent thesaid platform, therefore an operator standing upon the platform maydrive the engine and at the same time manipulate the lever 18 and theshaft 16 to which it is attached; Inas ,much as the said lever 18 isfixed to the shaft 17 when the lever 18 is swung and the said shaft 16is turned, all of the levers 25 will turn about the axis of'the shafts16 for the reason that the said levers 25 are fulcrumed to the arms 24.which in turn are fixed t0 the said shaft 16. Thus when it is desired toraise all of the plow beams 11 the lever 18 is swung in a fof warddirection and through the connection rod 21 the arms 15 are swung aboutthe axes of the shafts 9 and the arms 10 are swung. in an upwarddirection whereby the forward ends of the plow beams are elevated As theforward ends of the beams 11 are swung upwardly asabove described, thestandards 13 are turned so that their lower'ends are upwardly disposedand the forward pointedends of the furrow openers 1d are therebyupwardly disposed. As the plow continues to move in a forward direction,the said furrow openers willwork up through the soil and theintermediate portions of the standards 13 will swing upon the links 291s pivots until the ends of the said links whichare connected with thesaid standards 1.3 are swung above those ends of the said links whichare pivotally connected with the arms 28. Thus the rear ends of the plowbeams 11 are simultaneously ele'vatedat the time the forward endsthereof are raised. This operation occurs throughout theentire-series-o'f furrow openers when the lever 18 is swung in a forwarddirection and when the said lever 18 furrow opener is operativelyconnected with the said lever 18) the lever 25 which isoperativelyconnected with the furrow opener l4 desired to be raisedis swung and thesame operationprevails in connection with the furrow opener desired tobe raised as that described in connection with the in termediate furrowopener which is operatively connected with the lever 18.

The frame-of the plow as hereinbefore described is mounted uponsupporting wheels. Having described "the invention, what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

A plow structure including a frame consisting of a transversely d1sposedframe beam, a side beam connected at lts forward end with the end of thetransversely disposed beam and lying at a right angle. with-rela tion tosaid transversely disposed beam, parallel beams connected at theirforward ends with the transversely disposed beam,

said parallel beams increasing in length from the furrow end of thetransversely disposed I beam to the landside end thereof, frame barsinterposed between the ends of the shorter beams and the sides of thenext adjacent longer beams, said frame bars having depending arms,shafts journaled upon the intermediate portions of the parallel beams,plow beamspivo'tally connected with the said shafts, and linkspivotally' connecting the lower portions of the plow beams with thelower portions of said arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.-

VVILHELM G. DANIELSEN.

Witnesses F. B. ,()cHsENmirrnn.

C. R. SonooGIN.

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